THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Dressed to Kill (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been on the site a few times, but you can’t do a week of Brian De Palma movies and not have this as part of it. Let’s get this out of the way: Brian De Palma, much like Giallo, was heavily influenced by Hitchcock. In fact, when an interviewer asked Hitchcock […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Raising Cain (1992)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on September 9, 2021. Brian DePalma didn’t want to go back to the thriller and felt like it was a step backward. Kind of like Argento going back to make Deep Red. I say this because for two guys who have been accused of being overly inspired by […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: The Untouchables (1987)
Robert DeNiro* had not worked with Brian De Palma since Greetings and Hi Mom. That theme for taking forever to make something happen also is something that Ned Tanen knew all about. He spent years trying to obtain the rights to Eliot Ness’s life story while working as an executive at Universal Pictures. After becoming head […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Incarcerated (2023)
Elena Cruz (Yesenia Ayala) has not had an easy life. As a child, her father Condor (Danny Pardo) was busted for stealing from his boss, Maeve (Heather McComb). She gave him pretty much Sophie’s choice.* After she slices his wife’s throat, she demands that he choose which child to kill, either his son Lucas or […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Body Double (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on October 15, 2022. “I do not do animal acts. I do not do S&M or any variations of that particular bent, no water sports either. I will not shave my pussy, no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face. I get $2000 a day and […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: DC Down (2023)
Can there be an earthquake in Washington D.C.? Can it rock the entire center of our nation’s government and trap both President Powell (Sean Young, yes, Sean Young is the President) and Vice President Jameson (Daphne O’Neal) inside the White House? And in the midst of it all, will Speaker of the House Wilder (Eric […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Wise Guys (1986)
Wise Guys may not have the visual excess that De Palma was once known for, but it does what so few of his past comedies did for me. It made me laugh. I watched this movie several times as a kid — blame Captain Lou Albano for being in it — but I always loved […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Scarface (1983)
There’s not much that I can add to the discussion on Scarface, but when you’re doing an entire week of the films of Brian De Palma, skipping it can’t happen. Loosely based on the Armitage Trail novel and serving as a loose remake of the Paul Muni-starring film, Scarface came about when Al Pacino saw that […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Blow Out (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on April 26, 2023. Neo-noir. Hitchcock influenced. Mystery thriller. Or just call it a giallo. Blow Out is even based on an Italian film — Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup — but switches photography for audio recording and trades future giallo star David Hemmings for John Travolta, a man […]
THE FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA: Home Movies (1979)
Never forget that Brian De Palma started in the underground and initially had setbacks in Hollywood before coming back to be a success. He didn’t forget the fight. He didn’t forget his alma mater Sarah Lawrence College either. Home Movies was created as a hands-on training exercise for students he was teaching at Sarah Lawrence. […]
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